Hanger for books.



W. Y. DEAR.

HANGER FOR BOOKS.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.17. 1912.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

TTNTTED STATES PATENT OFFTQE.

WILLIAM Y. DEAR, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE JERSEY CITY PRINTING COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

HANGER FOR BOOKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Application filed December 17,1912. Serial No. 737,180.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM Y. DEAR, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Jersey City, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Books, of which the following is a spec1-' fication.

My invention relates to means by which books and the like, to which more or less constant reference is being made, may be hung in a convenient manner. Hitherto it has been customary to suspend such books by means of loops of wire or cord passing through a hole in the book. This necessitates punching a hole through the book, looping the wire or cord therethrough, and tying the ends together.

My improvement contemplates the use of a hanger which is attached to the book by driving transversely through the book a nail or similar object engaging a looped end or eye of the hanger. My invention is therefore particularly adapted for use with books of considerable thickness, such as telephone and other directories, but it may also be used for many other classes of work to which reference is frequently made.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book equipped with my device; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the same; Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a hanger and a portion of the book taken in the plane of one of the leaves; Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the hanger partly retracted within the book.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates a book, to which is secured a hanger 2 by means of a nail or the like 3 passing transversely through a portion of the book and engaging a loop 4 formed at one extremity of the hanger. The other extremity of the hanger is formed into a second loop 5 which normally has the ap proximate position shown in Fig. 3, but which may be forced down between two leaves of the book, as shown in Fig. 4:, for purposes of shipping or stacking. The main part of the shank of the hanger and the loop 5 are preferably formed of round stock such as wire, whereas the loop 4 and the immediately adjacent portion of the shank may be advantageously flattened to occupy less space between the leaves.

The nail 3 is preferably made shorter in length than the thickness of the book and it is drlven into the book with a sharp blow, so that it assumes substantially the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the point 6 remaining some distance from the cover 7, while the head 8 is driven beyond the cover The result is that there is no external indication of the presence of this nail or similar object except the small hole 10 appearing in one of the covers of the book. if the hanger is allixed to the body of the book before the cover is applied, even this slight puncturing of the cover will be obviated.

While I have illustrated and described only one specific embodiment of my device, I realize that it is susceptible of wide application and I do not desire to be limited to the precise structure herein set forth.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A hanger for books comprising a member forced transversely into the book near the binding thereof in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the cover and received wholly within the boundaries of the book, and a member interposed between the leaves of said book having a portion engaging said first named member and a portion normally external to said book.

2. A hanger for books comprising a mem ber driven into the book near the binding thereof in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the cover and lying wholly within the boundaries of the book, and a member interposed between the leaves of said book having a loop at one end engaging said first named member and a portion normally external to said book.

3. A hanger for books comprising a member forced into the book near the binding thereof in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the cover, and a member interposed between the leaves of said book having a flattened loop at one end engaging said first named member and a loop of larger cross section at the other end normally external to said book.

4. In combination with a book, a hanger therefor comprising a member having a sharpened point at one end thereof whereby it may be driven into the book in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the cover, the length of said member being less than the thickness of said book, and a member interposed between the leaves of said book having a portion engaging said first-named member and a portion normally external to said book.

5. In combination With a book, a hanger therefor comprising a member adapted to be driven into the book in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the 10 cover, the length of said member being less than the thickness of said book, and a mem her interposed between the leaves of said book having a portion engaging said first named member and a portionnormally external to said book.

WILLIAM Y. DEAR.

Witnesses GERALD E. TERWILLIGER, J. VAN DAM.

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